Here's number 2!!

[JimB]

Ok, I've got to say up front that with this just being my second kilt, I'm still not up to working in tartan that goes for $70-80 bucks a yard. So, I went to the fabric store and got what I thought was a plaid that I thought looked pretty good. It's heavy weight cotton and I would consider this a summer kilt only.

I'm getting more comfortable with the technique and I was going to try pleating to the sett, but I found out the the sett was too small to make for nice pleats, so I decided to pleat to the stripe. This one will take up about 7 yards of material, 24 inches wide.
Here' a pic..


The front apron is done as is most of the pleating, although I still want to flip it over and stitch down the back of the pleats. Since it is a very light weight material, I decided to put in a lining to the front apron. It's polyester with a bit of fuzziness on the reverse side (smooth side goes to me).
Here's a pic of that...


I think this will go well with the black dress jacket that I just converted. I don't have any pics of that yet, but its just the same as my tweed converstion except that it's a black material.

I hope that the "Tartan Police" will let this slip by. Its practice for me and I'm not trying to pass it off as anything other than what it is, but I do think it will make for a nice looking kilt.
Maybe I should call it the tartan of Clan MacFabricStore.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

That looks good to me. How long did it take to get the pleats pinned?

[pdcorlis]

Well Done JimB - and thanks for posting some "in-process" photos!

[JimB]

Actually pinning the pleats was a lot easier than I thought.
When I was making my solid color kilt I had to be very careful with the measurements of the pleats to make sure that they didn't get crooked, but with the plaid, all I had to do was follow the pattern. I stitched every pleat on the edge (on the front) and it took me about 3 hours to do stitch and pin.

After checking for size, I will want to flip it over and stitch the other side of the pleats to make sure they lie flat.

Once that's done, I'll start the inner apron.

[Riverkilt]

Amazing...just amazing!

The one time I got out the pins in an effort to sew down the pleats in a gathered SportKilt I wound up bleeding on the kilt!

The only way I think I'd attempt to make a kilt would be if there was a way to do it with glue instead of thread.

You're a braver man than I Jim.

Ron

[JimB]

Amazing...just amazing!

The one time I got out the pins in an effort to sew down the pleats in a gathered SportKilt I wound up bleeding on the kilt!

The only way I think I'd attempt to make a kilt would be if there was a way to do it with glue instead of thread.

You're a braver man than I Jim.

Ron

Believe me I know what you mean!
My fingers have taken a beating

[JimB]

Well, I'll finish it because I'm so close, but I probably won't wear it. It WAS good experience for pleating with plaid though. Being relatively inexperienced I didn't know how much Clan "MacTablecloths" were looked down upon.

Oh well, part of the learning process I guess.